Cost of living

The way we define success makes it hard to raise children in Singapore

Parenting is increasingly experienced as a high-stakes project with timelines, milestones and strong expectations.

Wage growth, not one-off handouts, key to tackling cost pressures: PM Wong

The Government has provided significant and growing subsidies for healthcare and for national health insurance premiums.

Grab tests feature giving passengers one-hour window to lock in fares for certain routes

ST20260126-202688000532-Lim Yaohui-pixgeneric/ Generic photograph of GrabCab travelling along Irrawaddy Road on Jan 26, 2026. GrabCab was launched on July 2, 2025 with a flag-off ceremony at Grab’s headquarters in one-north. The taxi operator, a subsidiary of Grab’s rental arm GrabRentals, announced its entry into the market on June 4, 2025, with 40 new fifth-generation electric hybrid Toyota Prius cars. Under the terms of its street-hail operator licence, GrabCab has three years to progressively expand its fleet to meet the minimum fleet size requirement of 800 cabs. (ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Price of retiring in Australia jumps as cost of living bites

Surveys repeatedly show Australians fear they won’t have enough money to retire comfortably.

Budget 2026: Less set aside for CDC vouchers, more to strengthen economy’s resilience

Corporate income tax to generate the most revenue, while less will be spent on special transfers like CDC vouchers.

Budget 2026: Goodies Singaporeans will get – from CDC vouchers to LifeSG credits for children

Ranging from CDC vouchers to a one-off special payment to ease cost-of-living pressures, the various initiatives will benefit individuals across different walks of life.

$500 CDC vouchers for all Singaporean households in Jan 2027

The $500 of CDC vouchers will be split equally between participating heartland merchants and hawkers, and participating supermarkets, as with past tranches.

Gojek, Ryde raise platform fees in February

Gojek's platform fees now cost between $1.10 and $1.70, up from between 90 cents and $1.50.

Work is ‘no longer a route out of poverty’, says British think-tank

High rents and low pay mean work is “no longer a route out of poverty” for millions of British families, the report said.

‘I was turned away’: High gold prices cause cash crunch at Malaysia pawnshops ahead of CNY, Ramadan

In Malaysia's gold-backed lending infrastructure, families can pawn gold jewellery for short-term cash.

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